Rhetorically challenging literature can be made to serve the purposes of first-year composition in new ways. Excerpts from the novels of Marcel Proust that focus on the author's characteristic scrutinizing, reflexive attention to style work successfully as models for assisting writers in acquiring the habits of reading and re-reading, and of…

Expresses the belief that campus novels reflect the way English has been seen during recent years and comments that they form an important and entertaining treatment about the future of English as a subject of teaching. (DF)

Describes how one English teacher used Thomas Bell's "Out of This Furnace" to motivate student interest and writing in a freshman composition class. (HB)

As Latin American literature progressively enters into the English curriculum, two writers deserve special commentary for their representative contribution to the literary world. Through their works, the Columbian author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the Peruvian author, Mario Vargas Llosa clearly convey the Latin American writer's desire to be…

The eight articles in this bulletin suggest methods of introducing classical literature into the English curriculum. Article titles are: "Ideas for Teaching Classical Mythology"; "What Novels Should High School Students Read?"; "Enlivening the Classics for Live Students"; "Poetry in Performance: The Value of Song and Oral Interpretation in…

Addresses the issue of literature appreciation and the role of English teachers in encouraging that appreciation. (AEA)

Suggests using book discussions that ask for the reader's thoughtful impressions and judgments rather than simply assigning book reports that tend to produce factual recounting of a book's contents. Provides lists of separate questions on the novel, the biography, and nonfiction that can be used as guides for discussions. (MKM)

Investigates how technology can be integrated into existing secondary English language arts curricula in ways that avoid the perpetuation of social injustice, withstand inequalities, and resist false commercial ideologies. Describes preservice English teachers' web pages constructed in response to E. Anne Proulx's novel "The Shipping…

Argues that sophomore English students can and will read if offered assistance and literary offerings worth their attention. Suggests a course built around post-World War II American literature, since today's students can relate to the language used and to the contemporary issues raised in these novels but tend to experience difficulties when…